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with Anu Garg

thrasonical

PRONUNCIATION:

(THRAY-SON-i-kuhl)

MEANING:

adjective: Bragging or boastful.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Thraso, a braggart soldier in the comedy Eunuchus (161 BCE) by the
Roman playwright Terence. The name is derived from the Greek word thrasos
(bold). Earliest documented example of the word used allusively: 1564.